Features
12 Forestry on the Urban-Rural Fringe: Hume City, Australia by Jason Summers
16 Literally Burning Rubber: Highlights from the University of Nevada Mulch Combustibility Trial
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ROUNDTABLE Urban Forestry in the Drought Zone
30 The Urban Ecology Collaborative: A Decade of Learning in a Community of Interest by Mike Galvin
35 The 2012 Canadian Urban Forest Conference
36 MFI 2012 Class Report by Walt Warriner
38 Tree of Merit – Hungarian Oak Quercus frainetto
by Henrik Sjöman Departments
4 Officers' Messages John McNeil, Jerri LaHaie
8 SMA Membership Information 9 Contributors in This Issue Partners Updates
18 State Coordinators: Speaking for the Trees by Sarah Gracey
32 Utility Arborists Association: Profile: Peggy Jelen by Mike Neal
40 SMA Best Management Practices
Cover: Structural pruning of large remnant river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) in Hume City, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Photo by Jason Summers
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May/June 2012 Volume 48, No. 3
